Rocking-horse.



No. 836,643. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906. S. G. HAGAN.

ROCKING HORSE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30,1906.

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Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 19cc.

Application filed August 30, 1906. Serial No. 332,608.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER O. HAGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mounds, in the county of Pulaski, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rocking-Horses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to rockinghorses of the kind that have a traveling or progressive motion imparted to them.

It is the object of the invention to improve the structural characteristics of the toy to the ends of making it more desirable in its motions and in relieving it of tendency to catch upon clothing and tearing it.

The invention consists of a peculiar construction and arrangement of parts whereby a smooth and regular forward movement is imparted to the horse under an easy effort to rock, all as I will now proceed to describe in detail, with reference to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, and then succinctly and distinctly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section.

Similar figures of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates the body of the toy, which may be made of wood or any other desirable substance. 1 1 designates the legs, which at their upper ends in that part of which they are attached to the body are round and countersunk in the body part and pivoted thereto, so that there will be no proj ecting parts to catch upon childrens or others clothing to tear the same.

The rockers 12 are divided at the center and overlap at that point. The feet 13 of the fore legs 14 are pivoted to the forward section of the rockers, and the feet 13 of the hind le s 15 are pivoted to the rear section of the roc (ers. A spring 16, connected at its upper end to the breast 17 and bearing at its lower end on the rear side of a rod 18, extending between the fore legs 14, operates to move the fore legs forward when the rider rocks back and the weight is on the rear half of the horse and rear section of the rockers, and a spring 19, fastened at its upper end against the rear end of the body and hearing at its lower end against the rear side of the cross- I rod 20 between the hind legs, operates to move the rear section of the rockers forward when the riders weight is on the forward section of the rockers and the rear section is free to be moved. Successive operations of this characterthat is, rocking backward and forwardwill cause the horse (the body of the toy) to move forward over the floor or ground with a seeming galloping movement.

21 designates two rigid legs or standards extending down from the bottom of the body of the toy at its center and resting on a crossbar 22, which at each end slides on and is guided by rods 23, one on the inner end of each rocker. The said rods are supported at each end on staple-like legs that are driven into the rockers, and the long part between the said legs stands up from the rockers and passes through holes in the cross-bar, so as to aflord the latter and other parts a smooth frictionless bearing when they are otherwise free tomove, as indicated. The said form of means for connecting the overlapping ends of the rockers is not essential to the invention, though it is shown as being one that affords certainty of operation of the parts and as obviating all jar and objectionable friction.

The springs 16 and 19 operate with a tendency to force each section of the rockers forward, and they accomplish this result. The forward section is moved forward when it is free and out of contact with the floor or ground, being when the toy is rocked back to its utmost or nearly to its utmost limit, and the rear section is moved forward when it is free by the toy being rocked forward.

What is claimed as the invention is 1. A traveling rocking-horse having a body, legs pivoted at their upper ends thereto, rockers consisting of front and rear sections, the feet or lower ends of the front legs being pivoted to the front section of the rockers, and the feet or lowerends of the hind legs being pivoted to the rear section of the rockers, and two springs each connected to the body at its upper end and one bearing upon means connected with the fore legs, and the other bearing upon means connected with the hind legs, both with their stress or resiliency tending to force forward the sections of the rockers with which the respective legs are connected.

2. A travelin rocking-horse having a body legs pivoted at their upper ends thereto, rockers consisting of front and rear sections, the feet or lower ends of the front legs being pivoted to the front section of the rockers, and

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means extending down from the centerof the body,

and slide-rodszattached to said overlapping ends upon which said supporting means slide and bear.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYLVESTER O. HAGAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. C. TRAMMELL, O. J. BOSWELL. 

